dikʼǫsh

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- (sensory) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-kʼǫsh (imperfective stem of root -KʼǪSH, “to be sour, spoiled”).

Verb[edit]

dikʼǫsh

  1. (imperfective) it spoils, it turns sour
  2. (perfective) it is spoiled, rotten, soured

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE dikʼǫsh
PERFECTIVE dííkʼǫsh
FUTURE didookʼǫsh

Related terms[edit]